How to Use boulder in a Sentence

boulder

noun

• Climate action isn’t a giant boulder sitting at the bottom of a steep hill with just a few hands on it.
  — Katharine Hayhoe, Time, 12 Aug. 2021
• Eagles look on from the trees overhead as the river thunders around boulders nearby.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
• If a moose does begin to charge, it's recommended to try and get behind a large object, like a boulder or a tree.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2021
• In the lead round, the route was set in a very boulder-y style, which perfectly suited Coleman’s style and strength.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Racers climb a mountain pass, cross snowfields and boulder fields and wade across a waist-deep river during their journey.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021
• Athletes were presented with three boulder problems and given four minutes, separated by a stretch of rest, to solve each one.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Ondra had a difficult time on the boulder walls after topping the first problem, but had the top score in lead until Schubert's climb.
  — Fox News, 12 Aug. 2021
• The emcee at the venue played the Captain America theme song during the boulder round while Coleman was on the wall.
  — Sandy Hooper, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• An 11-year-old New Hampshire boy was rescued after being trapped for several hours between two boulders.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
• Tomoa Narasaki of Japan, a powerhouse on the boulder and lead circuits and a surprisingly strong speed climber, finished fourth.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Many of the top lead and boulder climbers are not nearly as proficient at speed climbing as the speed specialists, so their goal is to win at least one of the other disciplines to have a chance in the combined.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 5 Aug. 2021
• In boulder, the wall is only about 15 feet high, the climber is not attached to a rope and the routes often necessitate parkour-like leaps or Gumby-like stretches.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
• The decision rankled lead and boulder climbers; speed is a more specialized discipline and will have its own medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  — Fox News, 12 Aug. 2021
• Firefighters in New Hampshire rescued an 11-year-old boy who was trapped between boulders for more than nine hours, according to officials and reports.
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
• On a scorching September afternoon, an Orange County public works crew moving boulders with heavy machinery sparked a brush fire.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
• Trust the car, wait for the brakes, and slide four feet down the face of a boulder half the size of the Bronco.
  — Alexandra Cheney, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
• The car was lodged on top of a large boulder, with both front tires off the ground.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
• The crew made its way through a creek and around boulders to reach the hiker.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
• That whole process was like rolling a boulder up a hill.
  — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 30 June 2022
• Once landed, the crew made their way through the creek and boulders to the hiker.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Once past the boulder-jumbled gully, the road heads up the east face of the canyon wall.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
• The two men hacked away at rocks and sand in a crevice between boulders.
  — Thomas Fuller Jim Wilson, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
• And then Marcus Jones launched the biggest boulder of the day.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The boulder is always waiting to be rolled up the hill.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• The boulder was deposited there, of course, by a glacier.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• All of this with miles of scrub and boulders and endless sky right outside the door.
  — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• The boulder leans to the right, bullying a thin slab of green; at the back a large wedge of bright red remains above the fray.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Alexandra reached a boulder by shore and yelled for help.
  — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
• Hell, there’s even run-from-the-boulder style segments.
  — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 28 May 2022
• To the untrained eye, the modest gray boulder in a Dorset, England, field would be easy to miss.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024